| 单词 | to race off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto race off to race off 1. transitive. To hold (a contest); to contest for. Only in passive. ΚΠ 1897 Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 7/2 A match open to the fourteen feet boats..will be raced off. 1915 Indianapolis Sunday Star 23 May 4/4 The little pacing mare..will be relied on to get the money in the $20,000 stake for 2:06 pacers which will be raced off at the big meeting in June. 1952 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 7 Aug. 3/3 It rained all week at Syracuse and the stake finally was raced off at Lexington. 2006 Kingston (Ont.) Whig-Standard (Nexis) 27 May (Sports) 25 Three six-boat semifinals will be raced off today. 2. transitive. Australian slang. To hurry (a person) away in order to seduce him or her; to seduce (a person). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > deprive of chastity [verb (transitive)] > seduce sardc950 jape1382 transvertc1450 seducec1560 debauch1711 betray1766 to do over1823 make1910 to race off1965 1965 W. Dick Bunch of Ratbags xii. 185 Three of Knuckles's boys had raced Sharon off to the park to see if they could do any good for themselves. 1969 W. Moxham Apprentice vii. 87 ‘That's one bird you won't race off,’ Rufe said. ‘I know her and the bloke she's with.’ 1977 H. Garner Monkey Grip 137 What do you reckon my chances are of—you know—racing him off? 2006 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 May 31 His wife did not cross his mind as he raced off other women. < as lemmas |
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